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Twenty-two outstanding proposals were awarded the Graduate Student Research Award for spring 2024 across many colleges and departments.


The Graduate Student Research Awards are used to advance the scholarship of graduate students and faculty working in partnership. Grants […]


The heats are over, and twelve finalists have been chosen to move forward to the 2024 Three Minute Thesis Final Competition on April 3, 2024, from 1:30-3:00pm.


UT graduate students are preparing to participate in the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. To begin with, they will compete across three heats. Four competitors will be chosen from each heat and the twelve winners will move forward to the final competition. The final competition will then take place on April 3 from 1:30-3 during Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW).


PhD student Rob Sears, a researcher in the Herbert College of Agriculture, has developed a potato plant that can detect gamma radiation, providing reliable indications of harmful radiation levels without complex monitoring technologies.


Hunter A. Hammock, graduating with a PhD, is the featured speaker for the Fall 2023 Graduate Hooding Ceremony.